Group calls for changes to reduce Lake Erie algae

12:31 PM,
Nov. 9, 2013

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A state task force looking at ways to reduce the harmful algae in western Lake Erie plans on calling for a major reduction in all forms of phosphorous going into Ohio river and streams that flow into the lake.

Phosphorous from farm fertilizer runoff and sewage treatment plants feed the algae that leave behind toxins that can kill animals and foul drinking water. A report from the Ohio Phosphorus Task Force will recommend a 40 percent reduction in phosphorous entering the Ohio waterways.

Part of the task force report was released Friday at a conference in Toledo on Lake Erie's algae problem, The ...